CVE-2026-6491

Severity CVSS v4.0:

LOW

Type:

CWE-119 Buffer Errors

Publication date:

17/04/2026

Last modified:

29/04/2026

Description

A security vulnerability has been detected in libvips up to 8.18.2. The affected element is the function im_minpos_vec of the file libvips/deprecated/vips7compat.c of the component nip2 Handler. Such manipulation of the argument n leads to heap-based buffer overflow. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The vendor confirms that they will "be removing the deprecated area in libvips 8.19".

Impact

Vector 4.0

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 1.90 LOW
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Attack Requirements (AT): None
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Confidentiality (VC): Low
Integrity (VI): Low
Availability (VA): Low
Confidentiality (SC): None
Integrity (SI): None
Availability (SA): None
Exploit Maturity (E): POC

Base Score 4.0

1.90

Severity 4.0

LOW

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.30 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availability (A): Low

Base Score 3.x

5.30

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

4.30

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

CVE-2026-6491

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